The animals were recovered as part of a Manchester police investigation. Six dead rabbits were also brought to the shelter to determine the cause of death. Shelter officials provided no details of where the animals were recovered, but said they were brought to the shelter Saturday.

The rabbits were discovered living in deplorable living conditions, and all suffer from some degree of urine scald from living in their own urine and feces.

After a plea was put on Facebook, food, hay, and money poured in from all over the community and a local rescue group took a dozen of the rabbits in its care.

A maid who cleaned the home of former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez has testified at his murder trial that she saw him "messing with" the security camera in his basement the day after the killing.